Bid on 29 apartments, houses in Queens, Brooklyn

The public administrator in Queens is auctioning off 10 co-ops, one condo and 18 single-family houses, each of them left by owners who died without a will.

The estate auction takes place June 29 at 11 a.m. at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Room 62, Jamaica. Inspection will be June 26-27 between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Regarding the co-ops below, the contracts will be nullified and deposit returned in the event that a board rejects a successful bidder.

Apartments (upset prices provided):

87-15 204th St., Apt. B57, Hollis, $64,000

86-15 Dongan Ave., Apt. 48, Elmhurst, $120,000

110-45 Queens Blvd., Apt. 907, Forest hills, $131,000

35-30 82nd St., Apt V54, Jackson Heights, $113,000

88-25 155th Ave., Apt. 5G, Howard Beach, $60,000

164-20 Highland Ave., Apt. 4V, Jamaica, $53,000

150-15 Village Rd., Apt. 46A, Briarwood, $74,000

26-25 141st St., Apt. 60, Flushing, $143,000

48-26 44th St., Apt. 5G, Woodside, $191,000

82-28 229th St., Apt. 28-11, Bellerose Manor, $116,000

Houses:

37-32 58th St., Woodside, $628,000

190-18 118th Ave., St. Albans, $220,000

20-06 36th St., Astoria, $484,000

45-34 215th Pl., Bayside, $338,000

421/425 Gables Rd., Narrowsburg, $38,000

115-45 140th St., Jamaica, $188,000

35-17 215th St., Bayside, $263,000

37-33 102nd St., Corona, $449,000

115-35 141st St., Jamaica, $161,000

1018 E. 53rd St., Brooklyn, $259,000

146-15 South Rd., Jamaica, $359,000

89-09 97th St., Woodhaven, $158,000

125-14 Irwin Pl., Jamaica, $146,000

61-19 65th St., Middle Village, $293,000

62-10 Woodside Ave., Unit 108, Woodside, $319,000

114-64 197th St., St. Albans, $165,000

71-05 69th St., Glendale, $319,000

852 Wyckoff Ave., Brooklyn, $308,000

854 Wyckoff Ave., Brooklyn, $233,000

When it comes to auctions, I tend to be a skeptic. Those run by commercial enterprises are almost invariably electric, energized by frantically shouting, gesticulating floor personnel and a breakneck pace.

But public administrator auctions could not be more staid, even boring. There is a leisurely pace and the possibility that lone bidders will be successful at the minimum prices. So, a bargain is not out of the question.

In Jamaica, this detached home could be yours for as little as $188,000.

Offers have to be made in person at the auction, and a nonrefundable deposit in the form of a bank or certified check is required of each bidder for 10 percent of the upset price. The check should be made out to the bidder to be endorsed at the auction.

Properties that fail to find buyers go on the block a second time, whenever another batch of apartments and houses is scheduled. If they aren’t sold then, the public administrator asks a broker to unload them.

Finally, if one of the properties to be auctioned this month interests you, there is no excuse for bidding without inspecting it. Otherwise, you’ll be buying a pig in a poke, perhaps nothing but ragged skin and broken bones.